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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Top 10 Consumer Fraud Complaints

The Federal Trade Commission has released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list. Some other top categories of fraud complaints included Internet Auctions, Foreign Money Offers, Shop-at-Home/Catalog Sales, and Prizes/Sweepstakes and Lotteries. The full 77 page report can be downloaded in PDF form.